"But then again," Zhang Yanhang started to rethink how he should solve the problem, "aside from these, it seems I don’t have any other materials to use, right?"
After some thought, Zhang Yanhang felt that since the ant acid originated from the Crimson Iron Ants, they must have a high resistance to their own acid. Perhaps he could strip off some highly corrosion-resistant material from the bodies of the Crimson Iron Ants to manufacture this membrane.
Having hatched this idea, Zhang Yanhang continued to focus on researching the Crimson Iron Flying Ants. Now that he had found an angle to exploit, he definitely wouldn’t give up just because he temporarily couldn’t find a way to elevate their value.
October 11, three days after the end of the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, 9 pm, Xingfuli District, Apartment 505, study room.
After another nine hours of continuous research on the Crimson Iron Flying Ants, Zhang Yanhang felt inexplicably tired. Although he wasn’t hunting monsters, he indeed felt a bit exhausted, perhaps due to prolonged mental exertion and substantial consumption of Energy Value.
After all, he had been working for fifteen hours straight, spending all his time in the study researching the bodies of the Crimson Iron Flying Ants, except for breaks for meals and other bodily functions.
But fortunately, after such a long period of research, Zhang Yanhang felt that he had made some progress in how to manufacture the membrane that would encapsulate the ant acid.
After thoroughly testing the corrosion resistance of various parts of the Crimson Iron Flying Ants, Zhang Yanhang found that aside from the organs originally used for storing ant acid, the exoskeleton of the Crimson Iron Flying Ants, especially the mouthpart, had particularly strong corrosion resistance. It could withstand a significant period of corrosion without the need for fusion enhancement. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NoveI★Fire.net
At the moment, Zhang Yanhang had already encapsulated a batch of Ant Acid Bullets with the exoskeleton of the mouthparts. Next, he wanted to find something to test their actual power.
But he definitely couldn’t test them on himself; his Energy Shield inherently lacked moisture, so it naturally wouldn’t react much with ant acid. It could automatically weaken some of the damage caused by the ant acid, which was also why Zhang Yanhang had been able to ignore the acid before.
He had always thought that his ability to ignore ant acid was due to his strong defensive power, but now he realized it was actually a feature of the Energy Shield.
"Forget it, I’m too tired today, I should sleep. I’ll continue researching the Ant Acid Bullet problem tomorrow and see what else needs tweaking."
Zhang Yanhang wouldn’t start mass production until he had refined the Ant Acid Bullets to a satisfactory level. Currently, the encapsulated ones were just prototypes with many flaws and minor problems.
But even a prototype version of the Ant Acid Bullet would surely cause much more damage than conventional bullets, especially effective against stronger monsters.
After all, regular First Tier Monsters would die the instant the bullet penetrated their brains, along with the destruction of brain tissue, leaving no time for the subsequent corrosion damage.
So, only monsters with high defensive power and Life Value could withstand the initial impact of the bullet and also suffer the additional corrosive damage from the ant acid inside.
Zhang Yanhang finally left the study after a day’s research on the Crimson Iron Flying Ants and returned to his bedroom.
Lying on the soft double bed in his bedroom, Zhang Yanhang checked the time on his phone, "It’s only 9 pm, isn’t it a bit early to go to bed now? And it seems that today’s adventure hasn’t been triggered yet..."
"More importantly, aside from the adventure, it seems I still have other things to do. I said yesterday that I should visit Hedong District every night to check the status of the Transmission Channel and calculate the corresponding opening and duration times."
Zhang Yanhang, just having laid down in bed, silently got up again.
"By rights, shouldn’t my life in the Main World be very leisurely? Why has it become so busy now? I really miss the relaxed daily routine from a few days ago when I had already half-stepped into a retirement lifestyle."
Although he really wanted to sleep, Zhang Yanhang decided to visit Hedong District anyway. Even if the chances were slim, what if the Transmission Channel were to open today?
If he missed an already-opened Transmission Channel because he was too lazy to visit, that would be somewhat unacceptable.
Sitting on the bed, Zhang Yanhang sighed silently, then switched his Equipment back to the normal state. Just thinking about leaving the soft bed he had missed all day made him feel a little down.
But fortunately, if he was just observing whether the Transmission Channel had opened, it wouldn’t take up too much time.
After ten minutes or so, Zhang Yanhang returned to the bedroom; the Transmission Channel in Hedong District had not opened.
"But although I went to Hedong District, today’s adventure still hasn’t been triggered. I hope it doesn’t keep delaying and triggers soon."
Zhang Yanhang was now lying in bed, but he hadn’t fallen asleep yet; he felt that it was still a bit early to sleep at just after 9 pm.
He planned to play with his phone for a while, then go to sleep at ten because being abruptly woken up by a selection screen was actually quite annoying. Thus, he hoped today’s adventure would trigger before ten o’clock.
Zhang Yanhang silently opened his browser, wanting to check out any important news of the day or any new regulations regarding Awakeners.
But just as he opened the browser, Zhang Yanhang accidentally clicked on an advertisement for a bamboo mat, "It’s October, and you’re still selling bamboo mats? The business putting out this ad must be a little off in the head."
Zhang Yanhang remembered that today’s temperature in Qin Island City was a high of eighteen degrees and a low of fourteen degrees. For some, it even felt a bit cold. Who would use a bamboo mat in this weather?
However, as Zhang Yanhang was criticizing the bamboo mat advertisement, he noticed that the surroundings suddenly became silent. Time had stopped again, and a list of options correspondingly appeared before his eyes.
"Has today’s adventure finally arrived? I’ve been waiting for quite a while now." Zhang Yanhang looked at the options that had just been triggered, but he found that this time’s options were a bit strange, somehow related to the bamboo mat advertisement he had accidentally clicked on.